The new Android flagship Essential phone is a paradox. It is a capable, well-crafted flagship smartphone built in a shockingly short time by a new company staffed with a crew of mobile hardware ...

Android’s co-founder Andy Rubin’s company Essential shut its shop down in 2020. The brand quit the smartphone market with only one device under its belt called the Essential PH-1. Notably, the company ...

The Essential Phone (PH-1) is a weird little blip on Android’s history. Gone, but not totally forgotten. However, one of the few remaining traces of the Essential brand has now been wiped from Twitter ...

More than four years after the surprising acquisition, Nothing’s CEO Carl Pei has finally explained why the company bought smartphone startup Essential, founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, in early ...